Senior Laravel Developer

Zippd Tunisia
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The Role

We are looking for a Laravel engineer who treats PHP as a scalable backend engine, not a scripting language. You will take complete ownership of designing and deploying sophisticated, clean-architecture backend systems that drive real value for the business.

Core Stack

  • Framework: Laravel (latest versions)
  • Database & ORM: Eloquent ORM optimization and MySQL performance tuning
  • Testing: TDD (PHPUnit / Pest)
  • Infrastructure: Redis / Queue systems
  • API Integrations: Designing, building, and consuming third-party API integrations (REST, JSON, webhooks)
  • Frontend Integration: Inertia.js or Livewire

Preferred Edge

  • Architecture: Deep understanding of Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, and the Repository pattern.
  • Scale: Proven history of building and maintaining high-traffic production systems.

Requirements

  • Experience: 5+ years of heavy Laravel development experience.
  • API Development: 6-7+ years of hands-on API development experience. You must have deep, demonstrable experience designing, building, securing, and maintaining production APIs, this is a core requirement for the role.
  • Third-Party Integrations: Proven experience integrating with external APIs, handling authentication, webhooks, error handling, and data consistency across systems.
  • Scale Management: Direct experience managing complex, high-traffic applications.
  • Database Mastery: Strong SQL indexing and performance tuning skills.
  • Leadership: Architectural oversight capability and a proven track record of mentoring other developers.
  • Communication: Excellent and fluent English speaking skills are absolutely essential. This is a fully remote role, so you must be able to communicate clearly and confidently, explaining complex technical logic to both product teams and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Working Model: This is a 100% remote position. You must be comfortable working independently, collaborating effectively across video calls, and staying aligned with product and DevOps teams remotely.

Compensation

  • Salary: Competitive and negotiable based on experience.